Leadership congratulated over IAAF Diamond League victory

First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sport and President of the Bahrain Olympic Committee, HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, has extended deepest congratulations to His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Premier, and the Representative of HM the King for Charity Work and Youth Affairs and Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sport, HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, on Salwa Eid’s winning of the Diamond League’s 400 metre race for the second year in a row.

HH Shaikh Khalid said the victory embodies the utmost support accorded to the sports movement in the Kingdom, in general, and athletics,  in particular,  by the Kingdom’s leadership who has been keen to put in place an ideal environment for the national teams to enable them to achieve such accomplishments that reflect the huge development made by the sports field in Bahrain. 

He added that this accomplishment is the result of the backing of HH Shaikh Nasser keenness to extend all the required support to the national teams to ensure they are ready to compete against anybody in any arena, stating that the launch of the “Golden Era” following the “Year of Gold” in 2018 represents a motivational factor for the Bahrainis to secure further positive results.  HH Shaikh Khalid expressed his pride  in  Eid’s win which adds to the series of accomplishments achieved in the “Golden Era”, noting that this victory confirms the successful strategy being implemented by the Bahrain Athletics Association. 

Salwa Eid was crowned backto-back champion at the women’s 400 metres in the prestigious IAAF Diamond League. Salwa defended her crown after winning her race in the Weltklasse Zurich athletics meeting in Switzerland. It was her fifth triumph on this year’s Diamond League series and it came in the penultimate round of the highly regarded International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) competition. 

Salwa had also previously won her 400m races in the Diamond League meets in Shanghai, Rome, Rabat and Lausanne.  This was Bahrain’s third overall win in the Diamond League with Ruth Jebet opening the Kingdom’s account in this competition after winning the women’s 3,000m steeplechase in 2016, followed by Salwa’s back-to-back victories in the women’s 400m race.